During the height of their protests against owners Tom Hicks and George Gillet, Liverpool fans burned American flags as a intentionally provocative sign of their hatred. "Yanks Out" was a consistent refrain, echoing across Merseyside as the two American billionaires took the club further and further into debt.

Ever since the now defunct Chester City met their demise in the Football League their small group of loyal fans have been working hard to get their beloved club back into action and playing as a bona fide business concept again. They may have hit the big time if their latest offing is fully accepted by the Football Association.

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson believes that the sight of Fernando Torres celebrating winning the World Cup by wearing a scarf in the club's colours has given everyone at Anfield a boost.
Chelsea is reportedly waiting in the wings for a possible transfer request from the Spain international when he returns from his post-finals summer holiday.

Recently, Playtherapy (in between his rounds of Football Manager 2010) and I have been having a conversation on the state of the league and the future. Here is that conversation, which hopefully can bring some more comments and additions from everyone else. The conversation began with Playtherapy talking about the fantasy financial restrictions in Football Manager and bringing up the larger topic.

If the EPL is about to go bust, what can we as fans do to resurrect it? Rhys Jaggar Sensationalism has been our diet on the back pages, on the internet and at fanzines for the past decade. Foreign ‘billionaires' coming in, huge debts to pay off, great dreams of Kaka, Ronaldo or Zidane coming to [.

Portsmouth's well documented, if not bizarre, troubles over the last few years have given few Pompey supporters reason for optimism.

It's a lot more likely that drinking has risen drastically on the South Coast. From the high of winning the FA Cup, to the gradual, at first, selling off of players, to Redknapp leaving again, to Gaydamak announcing he would no longer fund the club, to first one, then two Arab billionaires without any money, to a Hong Kong businessman who seized the club for non-payment of debt, yet still claims the debt, to a winding up order, to administration, yet not really administration because the points have not been deducted, to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs challenging the voluntary administration, to another possible winding up order.

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The ink is still wet on the new Major League Soccer Collective Bargaining Agreement. The owners and the union wrangled for months and took the 2010 season to the brink of disaster before cooler heads prevailed. A lot of the details have been slow in being released but if you read the very fine print, there are some surprises in store for the next 5 years.

Now that the Yanks have finally accepted defeat and have officially and publicly put LFC up for sale we will see a barrage of rumours and stories about takeovers and billionaires. We have all got used this over the years and we will not rest until it is all finalised. When it all comes to an [..

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The unveiling of a new kit always adds to the excitement of the new season. When the unveiling is in April the need for the new season to arrive becomes more evident. Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Dirk Kuyt and Fernando Torres all helped unveil the new snazzy shirt that Liverpool fans will be rushing to the shops to buy as the players hope that a change of sponsor and style will come with a change of fortune on the pitch.

Another solid victory for Valencia.

Sure it was only 1-0 but who can say Valencia didnt dominate the match.

From the very begining Valencia looked set to score multiple goals and they took control.

Goal goal scoring issue is certainly a concern, but the gameplay and teamwork is not.

For those of you who have never heard of Mombasa, let me give you a little background information on this ageless city. Mombasa is Kenya's second largest city after the capital Nairobi and it is located in the Southern region of Kenya in the Coast Province along the sandy beaches of the Indian Ocean.

What's the hottest trend in the NBA world right now? No, it's not throwback jerseys or one of a kind Bentleys or even vacations to South Beach. The hottest trend right now in the NBA world is the Jewish culture. First, Amare Stoudemire says he's Jewish. Next, Shaquille O'Neal is quoted speaking Hebrew.

Sachin Nakrani's Guardian article on the new Manchester City "documentary" Blue Moon Rising ends with the line, "time will tell if the film they see, like the club's current ownership, is a lasting hit or an expensive flop." Which brings to mind the Simpsons episode when The Itchy and Scratchy Movie, after an extensive run, gives way to a new Mickey Rourke and Liza Minella vehicle.

Some Liverpool fans are stressing their dissatisfaction at the likelihood of a deal between New England Sports Ventures and Tom Hicks and George Gillett concerning a takeover of Liverpool Football Club. On the one hand the Liverpool fans are upset at the basic principle that a club based in the North West of England and with the majority of its business operations in Europe is owned by Americans and on the other hand the Liverpool fans are displeased that even if the new owners are going to be American they are not philanthropic sports loving billionaires.

The start of the "Thinking Piece" weekly series, Mark Apostolou takes a look at how foreign money has both helped and hindered the Premier League.

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When Manchester City were taken over by Sheikh Mansour on the 1st of September 2008 the initial reaction of a great many long suffering fans must have been a mixture of relief and unbridled joy but even then there were pockets of support who had their reservations and only time will tell who's emotions were most thought out.

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Manchester City Travel to London to meet Fulham this weekend, the main story being a chance at revenge for good ol' Sparky. He was unceremoniously dumped by the oil billionaires for not winning quickly enough after their big cash injection, but you could see that he was trying to build a foundation and a team for the future instead of blindly piling superstar on top of superstar in willy nilly fashion.

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Hard times at Home Park, and I'm not just talking about having to endure Peter Reid as a manager – as a Plymothian (albeit a Plymothian with a love for Tottenham Hotspur in his heart, and a mere fondness for the Pilgrims) it really pains me to say that.